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Odd Couples in Manakins: A Study of Social Organization and Cooperative Breeding in Chiroxiphia line...

Odd Couples in Manakins: A Study of Social Organization and Cooperative Breeding in Chiroxiphia line...

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Odd Couples in Manakins: A Study of Social Organization and Cooperative Breeding in Chiroxiphia linearis

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Odd Couples in Manakins: A Study of Social Organization and Cooperative Breeding in Chiroxiphia linearis

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Salem, Mass: University of Chicago Press

Journal title

The American naturalist, 1977-09, Vol.111 (981), p.845-853

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English

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Salem, Mass: University of Chicago Press

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Contents

Male long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) perform highly specialized communal or cooperative displays to advertise their presence and to excite females for copulation. For the purpose of performing these displays, males form persistent associations (pairs or trios) analogous to those between members of heterosexual monogamous pairs. Associat...

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Odd Couples in Manakins: A Study of Social Organization and Cooperative Breeding in Chiroxiphia linearis

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1308336123

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1308336123

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ISSN

0003-0147

E-ISSN

1537-5323

DOI

10.1086/283218

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